JC, he's much closer to Mark Grace in 2001 ... when Gracie got 450 ABs and helped the D'backs win a championship. Grace's OPS+ (I believe park adjusted on BR) that year was 114. Helton's this year is 122.
But look what Gracie did after that year. Sure, he was older. But the point I'm making is that Helton's aging trend is accelerated compared to some of his comparables. For example, Wally Joyner at 36 (yup, he juiced a little then) was about equal to Helton's age 33 season. So I think we're in a pretty steep decline here.
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